The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft's Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone Microsoft's CEO tells the inside story of the company's continuing transformation, while tracing his own journey from a childhood in India to leading some of the most significant changes of the digital era. LONGLISTED FOR THE FT & MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD Hit Refresh is about individual change, the transformation happening inside Microsoft, and the arrival of the most exciting and disruptive wave of technology humankind has experienced - including artificial intelligence, mixed reality, and quantum computing. It examines how people, organisations, and societies can and must transform, how they must `hit refresh' in their persistent quest for new energy, new ideas, and continued relevance and renewal. Yet at its core, it's about humans and how one of our essential qualities - empathy - will become ever more valuable in a world where technological advancement will alter the status quo as never before. In addition to his thoughts on these stunning scientific leaps, Satya Nadella discusses his fascinating childhood before immigrating to the U.S. and how he learned to lead along the way. He then shares his meditations as sitting CEO - one who is mostly unknown following the brainy Bill Gates and energetic Steve Ballmer. He explains how the company rediscovered its soul - transforming everything from its culture to its business partnerships to the fiercely competitive landscape of the industry itself. Nadella concludes by introducing an equation to restore digital trust, ethical design principles, and economic growth for everyone. `Ideas excite me,' Nadella explains. `Empathy grounds and centres me.' A series of recommendations presented as algorithms, Hit Refresh is an astute contemplation of what lies ahead from a conscientious, deliberative leader searching for improvement - for himself, for a storied company, and for society.

Treat for book lovers! Satya nadella, CEO of Microsoft has given insight into how things happen at Microsoft and that too from his own eyes. The book talks about how the culture of Microsoft was changed during his tenure as the ceo of Microsoft. The last part is a bit technical which makes it boring for people from non technical Backgrounds. He's wonderfully shared the highs and lows of life that he's been through. A great read overall.

Unputdownable. A nice read. Though there are some places where the book becomes grotesque but there are equally good places which lifts up the core idea of the book and are very interesting. Overall a book worth reading.

Aptly titled - Hit refresh - in computer terminology it connotes - re-start the machine.And Satya precisely hits the point in course of the book. A must read to understand overcoming daily work and personal challenges. Provides guidance through instances on 'Hit Refresh' in course of making life's journey pleasurable.A must read.